Load spreading and penetration resistance of layered structures - A numerical study

International Journal of Impact Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 593-615

  Robbins, J R ^a,b   Ding, J L ^a   Gupta, Y M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced armor; Damage; Interface; Layered composites; Load spreading; Normalized dissipative energy density (NDE); Penetration resistance

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; ARMOR; CERAMIC MATERIALS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); PROJECTILES; STRUCTURAL LOADS; SUBSTRATES;

ADVANCED ARMOR; DAMAGE; LAYERED COMPOSITES; LOAD SPREADING; NORMALIZED DISSIPATIVE ENERGY DENSITY (NDE); PENETRATION RESISTANCE;

MATERIALS SCIENCE;

EID: 1942518242     PISSN: 0734743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2003.08.001     Document Type: Article

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